NEW Show to Watch: House of Glam

House of Glam, the new show which premiered October 5th on the Oxygen network immediately caught my eye. The show follows the very hip and fashion forward, B. Lynn Group, which is a New York based image agency headed up by Brandi Simpkins that styles the top urban celebrities for everything from music videos, fashion shows, and photo shoots for ad campaigns.

The stylists are all young and seem to be a very tight knit group of uber talented individuals that know the craft of image consultancy. They work with the biggest names in hip hop and love their job and the agency.

If you are into fashion and enjoy styling and branding through image then this show is for you! It is very a Young, Black and Fabulous sort of show and reminds me of a young black answer to the Rachel Zoe Project which is on the Bravo network.

Follow the B. Lynn Group on Twitter @TheBLynnGroup

So will you be tuning in?

House of Glam airs on Tuesdays 9c/10 est! Catch a sneak peak to this very FABULOUS show !!

For Colored Girl's Trailer and What Ntozake Shange Thinks

Tyler Perry, notorious for keeping our black actors working but also infamous for providing sub-par story lines and perpetuating negative and unsual stereotypes, has decided to take his appeal and approach to what has been deemed a literary classic for many Fabulous Brown Girls.

For Colored Girls Who have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is not Enuf written by Ntozake Shange, is a literary gem that we as women all remember being exposed to and treasuring after our first time reading or seeing the play. Written in the late '70s and being produced on stage for decades, Perry has now decided he wants to put his spin on it.

Many people have no problem voicing their concerns and are automatically going the defensive route with this choice-- with good reason I am sure. Even though it is hard for me not to join the mob on this one, I will not doom this project before giving it a shot. I am sure he is well aware of the masterpiece he is dealing with and how he is already on the bad side of many of the literary and film geniuses that he must know the he absolutely, positively BETTER not screw this up.

The movie has an all star cast with most of the "IT" black actresses from past and present who all have a solid resume. Veteran actresses like Loretta Divine, Whoopi Goldberg, and Phylicia Rashad will join the younger but respected actresses such as Kerry Washington, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, and last but not least multi talented Janet Jackson.

Simply because BROWN girls are my passion, I can not downplay my natural excitement of this film due out November 5th... so needless to say.. I will be there to support.

Here is what Shange had to say about the film:

“I think it’s very good,” was Ms. Shange’s unhesitant verdict on Mr. Perry’s adaptation. “He kept a lot of my language, that’s what I liked most.”

Here is the emotionally charged trailer released last week

Powerful Fab Brown Girls on Twitter

Recently, BlackWeb2.0 released a list of the most Powerful Black women on Twitter! It is great to see the majority of women that made the list are some of our favorite FBGs who try to use their celeb influence to do positive things and uplift other women.

Check out the List!

Young Hollywood is FEARLESS, FANCY, and FAB!!

Recently, some of Hollywood's Fabulous Brown Girls all got together to do the cover shoot of a new magazine, FEARLESS. Upon seeing this shot, I was pleasantly surprised and delighted to see everything that Fabulous Brown Girl represents (sophistication, sassy, smart and fly) all in one shot!

According to MTV.com, this shoot is the FBG answer to Vanity Fair's Young Hollywood cover which ironically, did not include any one women of color. Last time I checked, Hollywood is not monochromatic and only having one color on your cover is not only disheartening, but totally unacceptable. But it seems Vanity Fair must have missed that memo..Their Bad...

The cover features Tia Mowry, Naturi Naughton, Monique Coleman, Jennifer Freeman, Kyla Pratt, Tiffany Hines, Chyna Layne, and Lauren London.

Kudos to FEARLESS magazine for recognizing that there is void of spotlight our FBG working actress and do their part to uplift them by putting them on their inaugural cover.

Keep up the good work Ladies!

Check out some behind the scenes video of the shoot!

Brandy... Is That You?!!?

After picking our jaw up from the floor, we definitely want to give a loud SHOUT OUT to Brandy for this beautiful and artistic photo shoot she did for 160 magazine. It is obvious that Brandy is revamping her image and trying to make a strong and sexy comeback.

Brandy, who normally has a girl next door vibe thats nothing-too-fancy, is now coming out full blast with sexy styling and uber glamorous looks. It looks like RayJ and the rest or the Norwoods are not playing games about this Family Business taking off.

We remember jamming to "I Wanna Be Down" and rocking those braids down our back trying our best to be just like Brandy during the 90s! She was our first FBG that we looked up to and now, in her early 30s, Brandy wants us to know she is still here.

We don't know if we are looking at Brandy or her alter-ego "Bran Nu" , but whom ever it is we love this Fabulous Brown Girl!! We are glad to see Brandy reinventing herself and coming back more FABULOUS than ever!!

Check out the rest of the hot looks below!

STAY FAB!

THE GAME is BACK!!

If anyone knows this FABULOUS BROWN GIRL, then you know I love love love the television show 'THE GAME"! And I know many of you all love it too! In May 2009, the CW took the show off of its lineup because "it no longer fit in" ... Yea,yea yea.. we are not dumb, we know EXACTLY what that meant! So many loyal fans petitioned long and hard to bring it back because we felt like it was the ONLY decent black show on the air. Fans wanted to bring it back on a network that appreciates it target audience.. so naturally the top contender was BET.

Finally after a year long battle of negotiations, BET Network finally announced that are bringing the beloved show back with original episodes appearing during the final quarter of 2010! Here is the official press release distributed by BET.

Now me and BET have a love/hate relationship.. and even though this network wasn't my first choice for bringing my fav show back on the scene (HBO or Showtime would have been perfect in my opinion). But I am proud that they are finally listening to what their viewers want to see.. Hopefully they [BET] don't mess it up! If they do, I am officially going to be done with them because they are already hanging on by a thread..

Countdown to the new THE GAME episodes start..... NOW! Make sure you continue to look out for updates